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Intriguing as it sounds, Conan O'Brien's tour of America likely won't include " American Idol." A plot twist has emerged as O'Brien and the Fox network try to hammer out a deal to bring the deposed "Tonight Show" host back to late-night: O'Brien was offered a guest spot on "American Idol's" April 21 charity special, "Idol Gives Back," The Hollywood Reporter says. However, it appears Conan can't accept the gig. As part of his nasty divorce from "Tonight" and NBC, he agreed not to...

Hop into bed together for a photo shoot? No problem. Conan O'Brien and Andy Cohen were game for anything on a sunny mid-May day in Gotham when they came together for a meeting of latenight minds. As they engaged in conversation, the hosts of TBS' "Conan" and Bravo's "Watch What Happens Live" were wonderfully silly but also thoughtful about the nature of their shows and the challenges of making it work night after night. Variety : I'd like you two to compare...

Conan O'Brien is keeping himself busy by interviewing animals. That's the word from the former "Tonight Show" host via his new Twitter account. "Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me," O'Brien said in his first tweet. His account bio reads: "I had a show. Then I had a different show. Now I have a Twitter account." O'Brien hosted "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" for 16 years before taking over the "Tonight Show"...

Jun 04 (TheWrap.com) - If John Williams is too busy to compose the score for the next âStar Warsâ film, Conan O'Brien may have a solution. On âConanâ Tuesday night, he put together what he called the Star Wars Nerdgasm Choir, and recorded their reactions to the latest photos released from the set of âStar Wars: Episode VII.â Reaction videos are all the rage online, so...

Conan O'Brien will be hosting the 2014 MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, April 13. The late night host announced the news on Tuesday's “Conan” on TBS . It will be his first time hosting the awards show. “After eight years of intense negations, I am honored to announce I am hosting MTV's second most prestigious awards show,” he joked in a statement. MTV will announce this year's nominations on Thursday. But, it will release a teaser of its nominees ahead of the announcement.

Jun 03 (TheWrap.com) - When Conan O'Brien was still trying to get his break into show business, like everyone else, he took what jobs he could to get by. Usually, late night hosts like to surprise their guests by digging up embarrassing old video footage of them from earlier in their career. But on âConan,â the host decided to embarrass himself. See video:Â Dr. Phil Got Inappropriate During V. Stiviano Interview,...

Conan O'Brien, nominated for multiple Emmy awards for his canceled version of "The Tonight Show," is barred from saying anything false or scornful about the network during Sunday's Emmy telecast, but he can make fun of NBC, says The Hollywood Reporter . O'Brien's final "Tonight Show" aired January 22 after he decided to leave NBC rather than bump the show to a later start time to accommodate a 11:35 p.m. Eastern slot for Jay Leno. O'Brien received a $45 million payout for...

TBS has canceled “The Pete Holmes” show. The series, which followed “Conan” and was executive produced by Conan O'Brien , featured Holmes interviewing celebrity guests and performing in charming and odd skits. Among them were a series of sketches in which Professor Charles Xavier , played by Holmes, tried to fire various X-Men. Holmes got his start in Chicago. The show premiered in October, and TBS renewed it in January. The show's final episode will air...

The five best moments from the second night ofConan O'Brien's four-night stand at the Chicago Theatre: 1. Tuesday's Cubs futility monologue joke: Sue the Field Museum T. rex “is so old it was found wearing a Cubs World Series ring.” 2. The taped attempt to jump a replica of the Daley Plaza Picasso on wheels 100 feet across the opened halves of the State Street drawbridge. Alas, the sculpture is now more like an anchor. “Doesn't have the aerodynamics of a sausage,"...

LOS ANGELES, May 14 (Reuters) - Comedian Conan O'Brien will continue his hosting gig on his late-night TBS talk show through 2018, the Time Warner Inc cable network said on Wednesday. O'Brien, 51, who moved to Turner Broadcasting System's TBS channel in 2010 to host "Conan" after an acrimonious departure from late-night television on NBC, averages 862,000 viewers per episode for his hour-long talk show, which features the red-haired host interviewing...

"I'm someone who's very uncomfortable saying goodbye," Conan O'Brien admitted. "I tend to lie to people. I never say goodbye. I always say, 'No, I'll be back in five minutes,' and then I just scram." The comedian will have trouble avoiding a farewell scene this afternoon, when he tapes his final show as host of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," the NBC program he has hosted for 16 seasons. O'Brien refused to divulge what he has planned for his last performance, though he did...

Conan O'Brien's unique sense of the absurd will serve him well as host of April 13's MTV Movie Awards at the Nokia Theater. Audience expectations for craziness are high and, O'Brien says, his hair prep alone will take about 72 hours. Variety : Who are you hoping wins the highly competitive "Best WTF Moment" category? O'Brien: I am pulling for the car sex scene in "The Counselor" because Cameron Diaz actually has sex with a car. If...

Fox Broadcasting is inching closer to bringing Conan O'Brien back to late night. Key Fox executives, including Rupert Murdoch, are onboard with the plan and would like to finalize a deal in coming weeks so they can make a splash on May 17 when the network unveils its new fall lineup to advertisers in New York. Several significant issues remain, and the Fox talks could fall apart, according to people close to the negotiations who asked not to be identified because the...

A slab of beef hurtling through the air on TBS ' " Conan " marks the latest effort to nudge advertisers and late-night programs closer together. Rather than put a product on the set of Conan O'Brien's latenight program, AT&T is this week sponsoring a unique digital-viewing experience for the show: Viewers who turn to the program's website can view certain segments with a 360-degree perspective as the show airs, catching sight of not only the...

George Lopez would like you to know he and Conan O'Brien get along just fine. Sure, Lopez's late night talk show, “Lopez Tonight,” was bumped back an hour in November to make room for O'Brien's show, “Conan” - and Lopez acknowledges they don't have all that much in common - but he insists there are no hard feelings, and he hopes to put rumors of a feud to rest. “When he came to TBS, there were reports like, 'they don't get along' and 'he...

Conan O'Brien will be hosting the 2014 MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, April 13. The late night host announced the news on Tuesday's “Conan” on TBS . It will be his first time hosting the awards show. “After eight years of intense negations, I am honored to announce I am hosting MTV's second most prestigious awards show,” he joked in a statement. MTV will announce this year's nominations on Thursday. But, it will release a teaser of its nominees ahead of the announcement.

Jun 03 (TheWrap.com) - When Conan O'Brien was still trying to get his break into show business, like everyone else, he took what jobs he could to get by. Usually, late night hosts like to surprise their guests by digging up embarrassing old video footage of them from earlier in their career. But on âConan,â the host decided to embarrass himself. See video:Â Dr. Phil Got Inappropriate During V. Stiviano Interview,...

The U.S.-Ireland alliance came in for some gentle ribbing at Thursday's Oscar Wilde Awards held at Bad Robot in Santa Monica. Then the party became even more fun as cops showed up. "This is the nicest event close to Olympic," joked Joel McHale. As the noise from Olympic threatened to overwhelm honoree Conan O'Brien's speech, he yelled "shut up" to the street below. "This is quite a fun Irish party," O'Brien continued. "The cops are going to be called...

LOS ANGELES, May 14 (Reuters) - Comedian Conan O'Brien will continue his hosting gig on his late-night TBS talk show through 2018, the Time Warner Inc cable network said on Wednesday. O'Brien, 51, who moved to Turner Broadcasting System's TBS channel in 2010 to host "Conan" after an acrimonious departure from late-night television on NBC, averages 862,000 viewers per episode for his hour-long talk show, which features the red-haired host interviewing...